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Spiteful vs Pejorative - What's the difference?

spiteful | pejorative |

As adjectives the difference between spiteful and pejorative

is that spiteful is filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to vex, annoy, or injure; malignant; malicious while pejorative is .

spiteful

English

(Webster 1913)

Alternative forms

* spightful (obsolete) * spightfull (obsolete) * spitefull (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to vex, annoy, or injure; malignant; malicious

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    pejorative

    English

    (wikipedia pejorative)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Disparaging, belittling or derogatory.

    • Synonyms

    * derogatory * dyslogistic

    Antonyms

    * approbative * eulogistic * meliorative

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression.

    • Synonyms

    * dyslogism * dysphemism

    Antonyms

    * eulogism

    See also

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    References

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